Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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